Honey-knife.



PATENTED NOV. 6,;1906.

- J. T. CALVERT.

HONEY KNIFE. APPLICATION FILED MAJ 1.2. 1906.

- WITNESSES v INVENTOR "I: "all": rlrll: cm, WAIKINGI'OI, a c.

UNITED sTATEs- JOHN T. CALVERT,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF MEDINA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, OF MEDINA, OHIO.

HONEY-KNIFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906,

Application filed March 2, 1906. Serial No. 303.807.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that-I, JOHN T. CALVERT, of Medina, in the county of Medina, and in the State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Honey-Knives; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawlngs in which v Figure 1 is a perspective view of a honeyinife embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a cross-section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to improve zhe construction of knives for removing the zaps from honeycombs, whereby the shanks )f such knives ma be stiffened. and the mife more conveniently and comfortably gripped, and to such end my invention con- :ists in the knife constructed substantially LS hereinafter specified and claimed.

Honey-knives as ordinarily made com- )rise a blade A, a tang B for the application )f a handle C, and a shank D, connecting the )lade and tang and extending crosswise of he length of the blade and tang, so that the lade is offset from the handle, the blade, vang, and shank being of one piece, made suitably bending a piece of sheet-steel.-

) [Tie blade must not be too thick, and With teel of the desired age for the bladethe hank when given t e form as heretofore s lacking in stiffness or rigidity. I impart tiffness or rigidity to the shank by roviding III each edge thereof a rearward y-turned lange or rib d, that extends at a right angle r substantially a right angle to the shank, .nd said flanges not only stiffen the shank,

for the thumb and forefinger of the hand of the user of the knife to gri against, so that the knife can be held an manipulated to better advantage and with much greater comfort than is the case with the knife as heretofore made.

It is to be understood, of course, that I do not limit the scope of my invention to the precise form of the flange or rib shown, nor to the particular design of blade, as there may be variations in details such as these which will involve no departure from the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A tool, comprising in an integral piece, a blade, tang, and shank connecting the blade and tang, the shank being provided with a stiffening rib or ribs that extends at or substantially at a right angle to the shank, and the shank extending in a direction crosswise of the length of the tang and blade. 7

2. A tool, comprisin in an integral piece, a blade, tang, and sl iank connecting the blade and tang, the tang being provided on each edge with a rearwardly-extending rib or flange, havin an extended gripping-surface, and exten ing in a direction crosswise of the length of the tang and blade.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN T. CALVERT.

Witnesses:

E. R. ROOT, FRANK SPELLMAN. 

